The next Archbishop of Canterbury admitted yesterday that it was easy to be
“despondent” about the state of the Church and the world.

He was among many Christian leaders whose Christmas messages and sermons
reflected the growing clash between secular and religious morals.

Justin Welby said in his
last sermon as Bishop of Durham: “It is very easy to be despondent about
the Church.” In a reference to the recent vote against women bishops in the
Church of England, he admitted: “Some speak of division and even of
betrayal.”